Things I Have Learned About Oklahoma!
Armadillos sleep in the middle of the road with
their feet in the air.
There are 5,000 types of snakes and 4,998 live in Oklahoma.
There are 10,000 types of spiders. All 10,000 live in
Oklahoma, plus a couple no one's seen before.
Possums will eat anything.
Armadillos love to dig holes under tomato plants.
Raccoons will test your crop of melons and let you know
when they are ripe.
If it grows, it sticks; if it crawls, it bites.
A tractor is NOT an all-terrain vehicle. They do get stuck.
Onced and Twiced are words.
It is not a shopping cart, it is a buggy.
Fire ants consider your flesh as a picnic.
Coldbeer is one word.
People actually grow and eat okra.
Fixinto is one word.
A tank is a dirt hole in the ground that holds water for
irrigation, watterin' the cows, swimming.
There ain't no such thing as "lunch". There's only dinner
and then there's supper.
Tea is appropriate for all meals and you start drinking it
when you're 2.
Backards and forwards means I know everything about you.
Jeet? is actually a phrase meaning "Did you eat?"
You don't have to wear a watch because it doesn't matter
what time it is. You work until you're done or it's too dark to see.
Darn near everyone knows 5 or more cloud types (guess
they got to be look'n out for them there ternayders-
translation: tornados)
More Oklahomanisms:
You know you're from Oklahoma if:
1. You measure distance in minutes.
2. You've ever had to switch from "heat" to "A/C"
in the same day.
3. Stores don't have bags; they have sacks.
4. You see a car running in the parking lot at the store with
no one in it, no matter what time of the year.
5. You use "fix" as a verb. Example: I am fixing to go
to the store.
6. All the festivals across the state are named after a fruit,
vegetable, grain, insect or animal.
7. You install security lights on your house and garage an leave both unlocked.
8. You carry jumper cables in your car ... for your OWN car.
9. You know what "cow tipping" is.
10. You only own six spices: salt, pepper, ketchup,
Tabasco and jalapeno.
11. The local papers covers national and international news on
one page but requires 6 pages for local gossip and sports.
12. You think that the first day of deer season is a national holiday.
13. You find 100 degrees F "a little warm."
14. You know all four seasons: Almost summer, summer,
still summer, and Christmas.
15. You know whether another Oklahoman is from east, west,
north or south Oklahoma as soon as they open their mouth.
16. There is a Braums in every town with a population of
1,000 or more.
17. Going to Wal-Mart is a favorite past-time known as
"off to "Wally World."
18. You describe the first cool snap (below 70 degrees) as
good chili weather.
19. A carbonated soft drink isn't a soda, cola, or pop ... it's
a Coke, regardless of brand or flavor. Example "What kinna
coke you want?"
20. You understand these jokes
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